GPS CAREER PLAN NAME OF STUDENT

NAME OF STUDENT
Exiting High School/Graduation 2020

Student ID#
PICTURE OF STUDENT

A SIX YEAR PLAN

FOR CAREER SUCCESS

YEAR/ ASSESSMENTS, ACTIVITIES & ACTIONS REVIEWERS

GRADE Student, Educators, Counselor, Parent
9-12 1. Who Am I?
Interests Assessment/Career DNA and Industry Career Clusters
(Take assessments several times during the 9-12 years)
9-12 2. What Do I Know? What do I want to learn?
Knowledge and Technology

9-12 3. What Am I Proud Of?

Projects, Awards, Teams, Club Activities
9-12 4. What Careers Do I Want to Explore?
Career Exploration Activities

9-12 5. Work Experiences I Have Had?

Training Plan/Employability Skills Profile

11-12 6. What Skills Do I Have for Employment?

Abilities/Skills from Classes, Clubs and Work Experience

11-12 7. Where Am I Going?

Future Goals Education and Training, Projected Income and Potential
Employers
9-12 8. What Documents Do I Need?
Resume, Training Plan/Employability Skills Profile, GPS Career Plan,
ePortfolio
12 9. Presentation of GPS Career Plan to Principal

9-12 10. Career Planning Resources

Career DNA Playbook
XtremeIntern Virtual Career Adventures www.xtremeintern.com

CONNECTING CAREER PLANS TO CAREER SUCCESS

Assessments --- Actions --- Career Choices which link to ---
Job Interviews --- Resumes --- Post-Secondary Decisions

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YEAR/ #1 Who Am I? REVIEW
GRADE Student, Educators, Counselor, Parent
ASSESSMENTS & ACTIONS
9-12 Interests Assessment/Career DNA and Industry Career Clusters
(Take assessments several times during the 9-12 years)

ASSESSMENTS

PRIORITY ORDER OF INTERESTS

INTERESTS RECORD ORDER

PREFERENCE
Realistic

Investigative

Artistic

Social

Enterprising

Dr. John Hollands Conventional

NYS CAREER ZONE

www.careerzone.ny.gov/

PRIORITY ORDER OF TOP FIVE

CAREER CLUSTERS

CAREER RECORD ORDER

CLUSTER PREFERENCE

http://www.careertech.org/student-interest-survey

Choosing a career includes selecting job titles which match your Career DNA and an industry in which you wish to work.

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YEAR/ #2 What Do I Know? What do I want to learn? REVIEW
GRADE Student, Educators, Counselor,
Parent
ASSESSMENTS & ACTIONS
9-12
Knowledge and Technology

COURSES OR SUBJECTS YOU ENJOY THE MOST!

21ST CENTURY SKILLS COURSES ACHIEVEMENT STATEMENTS

SUBJECTS

FUTURE CHOICES OF COURSES

GRADE LEVEL COURSES GRADE LEVEL COURSES

SUBJECTS SUBJECTS

YEAR/ #3 What Am I Proud Of? REVIEW

GRADE Student, Educators, Counselor, Parent
ASSESSMENTS & ACTIONS
9-12 Projects and Awards

DATES PUBLIC/PRIVATE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Job Interview Questions RECOGNITION OUTCOMES
What are you most proud of in your
life? GRADE
What is your greatest TROPHIES
achievement? BADGES
AWARDS
Class Projects .

Awards
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Teams

Club Activities

YEAR/ #4 What Careers Do I Want to Explore? REVIEW

GRADE Student, Educators, Counselor, Parent
ACTIVITIES & ACTIONS
9-12 Career Exploration Activities

GRADE +++Good Career Match CAREER EXPLORATION KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

DATE ++Possible Career Match ACTIVITIES ACQUIRED
?Not sure LEARNING FROM THE EXPERTS
9 &10

11 & 12

10

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YEAR/ #5 Work Experiences I Have Had REVIEW

GRADE Student, Educators, Counselor, Parent
ACTIVITIES & ACTIONS
9-12 Training Plan/Employability Skills Profile

Job interview Questions

Why do you want to work in this field?
Tell me about your work experience at Browns Hardware store?

DATES JOB TITLE/Career CORPORATION SUPERVISOR TASKS

DNA/CAREER http://www.onetonline.org/find/
CLUSTER

DATES JOB TITLE/Career CORPORATION SUPERVISOR TASKS

DNA/CAREER
CLUSTER

WORK EXPERIENCES I WANT TO HAVE

WHEN JOB TITLE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS

2015

2016

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YEAR/ #6 What Skills Do I Have for Employment? REVIEW

GRADE Student, Educators, Counselor, Parent
ASSESSMENTS & ACTIONS
9-12 Abilities/Skills from Classes, Clubs and Work Experience

Job Interview Questions: SWOT ANALYSIS

What skills do you have for this job? What are your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and
How will you make money for our company? threats (challenges) you face in getting this position?
Can you work as part of a team?

SOURCE SKILLS EXAMPLES

Class 21st Century
Skills: Creativity
Clubs Teamwork
Work Experience Developed the
following skills at
my stock clerks
position at Kohls

SWOT ANALYSIS
Use the "Task Preference Lists" from each of your internships. Bullet your responses.
STRENGTHS List three STRENGTHS you bring to the job.

WEAKNESSES List three WEAKNESSES you feel you will need to develop.

What courses/training do you need to take to resolve these weaknesses?

OPPORTUNITIES What clubs or internships will you take advantage of to increase your opportunity to succeed in
future jobs?

THREATS/- Choose the skills you need to master in order to be successful in this career area.
CHALLENGES/ Communications Collaboration Mathematical
SKILLS Creativity Technology Language
Critical Thinking/Problem Research More Internships
Solving

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YEAR/ #7 Where Am I Going? REVIEW
GRADE Student, Educators, Counselor, Parent
9-12 Future Goals Education and Training
YEAR AGE EDUCATION/TRAINING PATHWAY/- ACTION NEEDED
EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS PROGRAM
1ST Year After Exiting High 18
School 2019

2nd Year - 2021 19

3rd Year - 2022 20

4th Year - 2023 21

5TH Year -2024 22

6TH Year - 2025 23

7th Year 2026 24

8th Year 2027 25

EDUCATION/TRAINING OPTIONS:

Industry Credential 2 Year Community College

Adult Education from BOCES or Home School 4 Year College/University
Technical School 1 Year or less Post Graduate
Armed Services

ACTION STEPS:

1. Obtain resources 3. Time to enter classes

2. Review materials (Cost, distance, credential, career 4. Application
placement services)

PROJECTED EARNINGS (Based on full time employment for 52 weeks of the year):
AGE POST HIGH SCHOOL PLUS INDUSTRY CREDENTIAL(S) and/or SEVERAL INDUSTRY
ADULT EDUCATION, TECHNICAL TWO YEAR COLLEGE and/or CREDENTIALS and/or
SCHOOL AND/OR INDUSTRY ARMED SERVICES and/or FOUR YEAR COLLEGE
CREDENTIAL 3 5 YEARS EXPERIENCE
18 $10 per hour -$20,000
19 $10 per hour -$20,000
20 $12 per hour -$24,000 $15 per hour -$30,000
21 $15 per hour -$30,000 $15 per hour -$30,000
22 $15 per hour -$30,000 $20 per hour -$40,000 $20 per hour -$40,000
23 $18 per hour -$36,000 $20 per hour -$40,000 $25 per hour -$50,000
24 $18 per hour -$36,000 $25 per hour -$50,000 $25 per hour -$50,000
25 $20 per hour -$40,000 $25 per hour -$50,000 $30 per hour $60,000
30 $25 per hour -$50,000 $30 per hour $60,000 $35 per hour $70,000
Total $446.00 $500.00 $360.00

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POTENTIAL EMPLOYMENT @ EMPLOYERS THAT NEED MY SKILLS

10 CORPORATIONS WEBSITE URL SOCIAL MEDIA (LINKEDIN,
FACEBOOK, TWITTER)

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YEAR/ #8 What Documents Do I Need? REVIEW

GRADE Student, Educators, Counselor, Parent
ACTIVITIES & ACTIONS
9-12 MY ePortfolio
GPS Career Plan
Job Interview Questions
Journalizing Work-based Learning
Resume
Training Plan/Employability Skills Profile
Website
Projects
Awards
Credentials
List of Potential Employers for future employment

YEAR/ #9 Presentation of GPS Career Plan to REVIEW

GRADE Student, Educators, Counselor, Parent
Principal or Advisory Board Members
12 Arrange for fifteen minutes presentations

YEAR/ #10 CAREER PLANNING RESOURCES

GRADE
9-12 Career DNA Playbook
XtremeIntern Virtual Career Adventures www.xtremeintern.com
Career Strategy Playbooks from XtremeIntern/Global Planet Solutions
Career Passports from XtremeIntern/Cloud City
NYS Career Zone www.careerzone.ny.gov/

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